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WILLIAM HENRY BROWN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1945 – April 2, 1969
Service recordWilliam Henry Brown JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 107
- HURLEY MILLARD BOYDPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
- LOWELL LAVAIN CRAWFORDPetty Officer Third Class · April 2, 1969
- THOMAS ROY GORRILLFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1969
- PERCY LEE GULLEY JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOWELL STEPHEN POWERSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 27W, Line 2
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.